Seal



J. L. WEINMANN.

SEAL. APPLICATION FILE-D )UNE 6, 1919.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JOI-IN L. WEINMIANN, OE ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SEAL.

Application led June 6, 1919.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, loHN L. lVEiNMANN, a citizen of the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seals, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip- F ig. III is a perspective view of the seal in closed condition.

F ig. IV is an enlarged longitudinal section through the seal in closed condition.

In the drawings A designates my seal strip as it appears before being folded in a manner to be hereinafter explained to provide for the formation of holding members, by which the tongue of the shackle is held. The said strip comprises a body a and a shackle forming tongue c. The body of the strip adjacent the tongue a is struck up to form a raised keeper l, and extending through said body at the rear end of the keeper is a transverse opening 2.

In forming the seal from the strip A. I bend the body portion of the strip on a transverse line l) contiguous to the opening 2, and fold what I will term the catch seetion 4 rearwardly against the keeper section 3. I then fold the body a on a line c to form a rear guard section 5, which lies against the back of and protects the intermediate catch section 4. The several sections 4 and 5 are secured to each other in any suitable manner after the folds have been made to produce them, and as a most economical means of fastening the sections together, I punch holes 6 through the several sections and upset the spurs produced by the punching operation to form rivet members 7 (see Fig. IV), located back of the guard section 5, of the seal. The holes just referred to are preferably formed so that they extend through the keeper section 3 at opposite sides of the keeper l, as seen in F III, and therefrom through the sections 4 and 5.

In forming the seal strip I strike therefrom a tang 8, which is so disposed that it lies in the catch section 4 and projects forwardly upon said section when the body of the strip is folded, as explained, and lies Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 18, 1921.

serial No. 302,100. I

within the keeper l of the keeper section 3, as seen in Fig. IV. Also in forming the seal strip I produce in the tongue of the strip apertures 9 through which the tang 8 is adapted to extend when the tongue of the strip is bowed into shackle form and inserted through the keeper l of the keeper section il. These apertures 9 extend transversely of the tongue a. and immediately adjacent to them are raised portions l() struck from the tongue to furnish passage ways through which the tang 8 on the catch section 4 may move in entering the apertures 9 in the tongue.

When the body of the seal has been folded to produce the sections 3, 4 and 5, the tongue of the seal extends rearwardly from the keeper section 3, and in putting the seal in service it is only necessary to loop the tongue a so that its end may be inserted through the rear end of the keeper l, and after passing` beneath the keeper emerge therefrom through the opening 2. In so doing I provide a shackle formed from the tongue a', said tongue extending through the keeper l, and between the front of the keeper and the portion of the catch section 4 immediately back of the front of the keeper and which is occupied by the tang 8. In inserting the tongue of the seal through the keeper l, the tongue traverses the tang 8, and upon any attempt to withdraw the tongue from said keeper, the tang S enters one of the apertures 9 and prevents the withdrawal of said tongue. The latter is therefore so held as to be securely held against backward movement, with the result of effectually preventing the opening of the seal.

I preferably provide a number of the apertures 9 in the tongue a in order that alarger or smaller shackle may be provided, as may be desired or required.

I claim:v

A. seal comprising a strip having' a comparatively wide part at one end thereof, said wide part having end portions and an intermediate portion, said intermediate portion being 'folded upon one of the end portions and the other end portion being folded upon the intermediate portion whereby the intermediate portion is interposed between the said end portions, and one of said end portions being provided with a raised portion in the form of a channel, extending from one end of said end portion to the other end thereof, the last mentioned end VChannel and provided with open ended depreSsions to act as catches to be engaged by said tongue Whenthe` said Sealing strip is inserted into said keeper.

in testimony that I ciaini the foregoing I hereunto affix my signature.

J. L. WEINMANN.

portion being provided with an aperture et the inner end of said channel whereby a keeper is formed, rivets securing said end and intermediate portions together7 a, tongue extending from the intermediate portion, und a sealing strip extending from said 

